Studios Strategy Analyst, Amazon MGM Studios Japan

Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Prime Video is one of the leading digital video services, and we're just getting started changing the way millions of people enjoy content.

Available in more than 240 countries and territories, Prime Video offers customers the broadest selection of any on-demand video service. Amazon MGM Studios is the movies and television development and production arm of Amazon. In service of Amazon's Prime Video customers globally, it is our role to produce and acquire content, including popular Originals such as The Boys, Fallout, The Silent Service, The Bachelor Japan, Nippon Sangoku, Look Back, and Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26.

Within Amazon MGM Studios, the International Originals Strategy team is seeking a highly analytical and strategic thinker to join as a Studios Strategy Analyst in Japan. This role will focus on content strategy for Japan Original series and movies on Prime Video.

The analyst will work closely with senior leaders across creative development, production, business affairs, finance, programming, and marketing, and will have a high degree of visibility within the organization. We are seeking a candidate who has proven analytical skills and an ability to clearly communicate findings to senior management.

This role is based in Tokyo and works with both local and global teams. Business-level Japanese and English are used day to day.

Key job responsibilities

• Own and manage content tracking databases (e.g., Airtable or equivalent), designing views, automations and workflows that keep cross-functional teams aligned on slate status, deal pipelines and project milestones.
• Build and maintain dashboards (e.g., QuickSight or equivalent) that surface actionable content performance insights, including viewership trends, title-level ROI and portfolio health metrics.
• Analyze viewership data to surface insights, identify trends and inform senior leadership decisions on content investments and release models. Be fluent in AI tools that accelerate insight generation and reporting automation.
• Evaluate content opportunities by assessing financial, strategic and audience engagement considerations. Audit business metrics, perform deep-dive root-cause analyses and make data-driven recommendations.
• Partner with Finance and Analytics teams to continuously improve internal tools, processes and valuation models.
• Support series greenlight and renewal assessments, including content valuation and portfolio analysis.
• Perform extensive competitive analysis and benchmarking, and identify and report on market trends.
• Liaise with cross-functional stakeholder teams such as Content Acquisition, Business Affairs, Legal, Production, Post, Localization, Marketing, PR, Finance, Accounting and Research to identify new initiatives and drive them through execution.

About the team

Amazon MGM Studios Japan is the Tokyo-based production and development arm focusing on local Japanese original content for Prime Video. The studio produces both scripted and unscripted content, including anime, aiming to deliver high-quality local stories to both domestic and international audiences.

• 3+ years of management consulting, strategy, technology, venture capital, or a related industry experience
• Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
• Experience using data and metrics to measure impact and determine improvements
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• Bachelor's degree, or BS degree
• Experience in data analysis and problem solving
• Speak, write, and read fluently in English
• Speak, write, and read fluently in Japanese

• Knowledge of digital video landscape
• Experience working in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment
• Experience completing complex tasks quickly with little to no guidance and react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround
• Experience working directly with senior executives and leadership teams
• Knowledge of media business models
• Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis, or experience working with Excel, reporting tools, and large-scale data mining tools, such as Power BI, Python, SQL, or Tableau
• Experience in strategic planning

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